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Weekly email – June 26, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
It was another great week at Temple Sinai, with our campfire singalong, Salsa dancing lessons, the Sisterhood End of Year Dinner, and a really fun Friday night service. Thanks to everyone who helped make those events so much fun. This Friday night is the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the event that got the modern LGBT rights movement started. Click the title to see more…
Parashat Beha’alotcha 2019 – Body and Soul
In our Torah Portion this week, there is lots of drama. Moses melts down and becomes a drama queen. Aaron and Miriam turn against Moses and God becomes a drama queen. But perhaps the greatest drama is the people’s obsession on getting some meat to eat.
Weekly email: June 19, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
THANK YOU to the team that signed up to volunteer today at the Ronald McDonald
House, and to the Social Action Committee for all their work to get Sinai more actively in
the local community of service.
TWO SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND:
Barbra Marden
Many of you have seen Barbra and her family at Temple and probably had some of the same questions that I had when first meeting her. It is unusual to have a native born African attending our services and I was intrigued by her. She has a lovely accent and an animated face which draws you in immediately. She is also a very open and friendly person.
Weekly Email – June 13, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our open house and Rock Shabbat, our the Shavu’ot evening of study (Tikun Leil Shavu’ot) with OZ, and to Shavu’ot Morning services. Your support and engagement is deeply appreciated. And thanks to OZ for organizing, hosting and for the delicious cheesecake oneg.
Sign up by tomorrow for our afternoon of service
Wednesday Book Group – New Book in June
Wednesday Morning Study Group Wednesday Mornings, 11 am – 12 pm* Topic: Israel History Current Book: Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel – Matti Friedman “Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.” —The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has […]
Weekly Email – Shavu’ot 2019
I am so very grateful to Rabbi Jan Salzman for stepping in for Friday night at the last minute, and to Bruce Hicken, for covering Saturday morning’s prayers and Torah Study. It is so nice to have such support. We have a busy weekend coming up, with a barbeque/Rock Shabbat on Friday night, a joint-event with Ohavi Zedek on Saturday night, and Shavu’ot holiday services on Sunday morning.
Social Action Opportunities – May/June 2019
Social Action opportunities for MAY/JUNE 2019
Weekly Email – May 29, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
Congratulations to Diana Larrow on becoming bat mitzvah! She did a beautiful job on chanting her Torah and Haftarah, and she smartly connected the Torah portion to events in her school. Mazal Tov! This week, we return to our “regular” services, though we seem to have them quite irregularly lately. Next weekend, we have a big Rock Shabbat, Barbeque and Open house, and Shavuot events on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Please try tocome to one of our Shavuot events and bring a friend.
Parashat Sh’lach L’cha 2019 – Stonewall Shabbat
June 29, 2019 by templesinai • Rabbi's Blog, Sermons •
A MIGHTY REAL DIFFERENT SPIRIT – So I was driving home from work a couple of weeks ago, and I had listened to all my Torah study podcasts, and I had listened to the Daily and Hidden Brain, and so I pulled over to look for something and noticed there was a new season of Making Gay History, and excellent podcast series featuring interviews with a wide variety of people who were pivotal in some aspect of the LGBT rights movement.
This season is all about the Stonewall Riots, so I thought, “perfect,” clicked, started listening and kept driving. By the time I got to Starksboro…